Digital Government
Obama seeks $7.2 billion for PTSD/TBI treatment
Defense and Veterans Affairs departments would hike spending on mental health for service members.
Modernization
Administration's 2012 budget plan relies on IT savings
By consolidating data centers, insourcing technology jobs and other measures, agencies could save $149 million.
Digital Government
Proposed budget also calls for Patent Office to keep all fees
Obama also proposes a temporary fee surcharge, as well as regulatory and legislative reforms.
Digital Government
NASA largely spared big cuts in Obama budget
Funding for NASA's Exploration directorate got a bump, funneling dollars to the programs developing the next generation of space vehicles and technology.
Cybersecurity
Tightened Homeland Security budget still adequate, officials say
Obama's proposal would transfer funds from consultants, travel and supplies to boost ships, aircraft, airport screening and border security.
Digital Government
Egypt, the protests and the kill switch
When Egypt's government shut down the country's Internet access amid rising street protests, critics of a U.S. cybersecurity bill pointed to it as an example of what happens when a government has too much control.
Digital Government
IRS big winner in Treasury budget request
The Treasury Department budget proposal is up to $14 billion with proposed improvements to IRS data collection and taxpayers services and Wall Street reform measures.
People
USDA's IT funding gets slight increase in budget proposal
The Agriculture Department would see a slight funding increase for its IT programs under President Barack Obama’s fiscal 2012 budget proposal.
Digital Government
GOP pushes bill to cut spending by $100 billion
Members of the House Appropriations Committee have introduced a continuing resolution that would reduce spending for the rest of this fiscal year by $100 billion compared with the president’s budget request.
People
Obama rejects calls to extend federal salary freeze
The White House included the already-enacted two-year pay freeze for federal civilian employees in its fiscal 2012 budget request but rebuffed calls to extend it to three years.
Digital Government
Buzz Factor
These were the most-read stories on FCW.com during the past two weeks.
Digital Government
White House's bad e-mail luck
The White House e-mail system was a hot topic recently after the system experienced an outage and then was named as a possible source of cyberattacks in the United Kingdom.
Digital Government
PEO deputy ready for budget challenges
Terry Watson, the Army's new deputy program executive officer for enterprise information systems, talked with FCW's Amber Corrin about the experience so far and the challenges she sees ahead.
Modernization
SSA data center nearing 'catastrophic failure'
Tangled telecommunications and electrical cables underneath the data center floor, an out-dated HVAC system, clogged pipes and an antiquated uninterruptible power system -- the SSA's National Computer Center is teetering on thin ice.
Digital Government